BB: SUNYAC

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At long last .... Oswego's M. Dellicarri gets some respect!!

Named to weekly D3baseball Team of the Week ...... basically for numbers posted in Lakers sweep of New Paltz. Should have been recognized earlier. Appearing in all 18 games, hitting .467 (32x69) with 25 runs, 33 rbi and 11 extra base blows including three home runs. Junior also flawless in the outfield

Cortland ppd. in Tuesday combat at home vs. 6-9 Hamilton. Adds Wednesday home date vs. 4-6 Cazenovia
        RDragons climb to 10th from 14th in weekly D3baseball media poll. Oswego remains 23rd. NYU in mentions. Trinity TX (19-2) retains top berth

Standings: Cortland 8-1 (16-6 ov'l), Oswego 5-1 (13-5), Brockport 5-3 (10-9), Oneonta 3-5 (7-13), Fredonia 1-2 (10-4), Plattsburgh 1-8 (6-12), New Paltz 0-3 (7-9)

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Cortland at windy Wallace Field defeats Cazenovia 10-2. RDragons seize 17th win against six losses. Caz 4-7. Guests grab 2-0 first inning lead on three hits and rbi from C. Schad and N. Castrello. Corts turn the tide with four run third on three hits and two errors. A. Pragana and C. BeVard with rbi blows. Dragons add three in the fifth without a hit. Cortland with six players with a hit each. J. Tardif doubles. BeVard 1-2, 3r, bi, 2bb; Pragana 1-2, 2r, bi. Wildcats with 8-6 hit advantage but with nine errors leading to just four Cortland earned runs. CSt errorless. Schad 3x3, bi, bb. J. Bellinger relieves in the first, WP (2.2inn, 2h, 1bb, 5k). K. Naugle, M. Valin, J. Martin follow and help 13k effort. Caz starter A. Kane LP. Cortland 10-6-0, Caz 2-8-9
       Cortland Fri/Sat hosting Fredonia in series headed for weather problems. Freds idle since mid-March play in Florida. Cazenovia 4-7

Plattsburgh bows 7-6 to RPI comeback in Troy. Six-run sixth inning Burgh undoing with final four runs E. Meister (5bi) grand slam. Cardinals three-run first inning the result of two hbp with bases loaded and wild pitch. J. Deland rbi double to left-center in the top of the fifth makes it 4-0. Pburgh with major overture in the ninth with two runs -- N. Clark sac fly and P. Bryant rbi single to center with two outs. Groundout ends it with one runner aboard. P. Bryant 3x4k, r, bi, bb. PJ Weeks starts (5inn, 4h, 1r, 1er, 3bb, 2k). Three follow including LP C. Blazek (1-1). N. Pacifico WP (3-0) as Engineers roll out seven hurlers. RPI 7-8-1, Pburgh 6-6-1.
       Plattsburgh 6-13 and home Saturday vs. Pine Manor MA (dh). RPI 10-8

Oswego home vs. 2-10 St. Lawrence ppd.,  Brockport at 12-7 St. John Fisher ppd, New Paltz at 9-8 Skidmore ppd

Cortland and Oswego hold respective 15th and 20th slots in national coaches (ABCA) weekly poll. NYU among mentions
        ABCA Top 10: 1. Rowan NJ (15-2); 2. Trinity TX (19-2); 3. Concordia-Chicago (14-4); 4. Roanoke VA (19-3); 5. Christopher Newport (22-4); 6. Wisc-Whitewater (8-2); 7. Randolph-Macon VA (16-3-1); 8. Wooster OH (11-3); 9. UMass-Boston (13-5); 10. College of New Jersey (12-2)
     27. Keystone PA (12-5)

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At long last .... Oswego's M. Dellicarri gets some respect!!

Named to weekly D3baseball Team of the Week ...... basically for numbers posted in Lakers sweep of New Paltz. Should have been recognized earlier. Appearing in all 18 games, hitting .467 (32x69) with 25 runs, 33 rbi and 11 extra base blows including three home runs. Junior also flawless in the outfield

Cortland ppd. in Tuesday combat at home vs. 6-9 Hamilton. Adds Wednesday home date vs. 4-6 Cazenovia
        RDragons climb to 10th from 14th in weekly D3baseball media poll. Oswego remains 23rd. NYU in mentions. Trinity TX (19-2) retains top berth

Standings: Cortland 8-1 (16-6 ov'l), Oswego 5-1 (13-5), Brockport 5-3 (10-9), Oneonta 3-5 (7-13), Fredonia 1-2 (10-4), Plattsburgh 1-8 (6-12), New Paltz 0-3 (7-9)

....and he stood out on a week that there were plenty of excellent OF play.  I could have easily added 3-4 more but then the outfield gets crowded and the ground outs turn into hits.

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Oswego and Oneonta in advance of expected lousy Friday weather in CNY move series to Sat (dh) and Sun at Endwell (Maine-Endwell HS). Games were slated Fri/Sat at OSt's Damaschke Field

Brockport at New Paltz changed to Sat(dh)/Sun

Fredonia at Cortland changed to Sat(dh)/Sun

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New Paltz brusquely doubles up Brockport 11-1 and 11-2 at the Paltz. Brockport the home team. Balmy 36 degrees at tipoff.
      First Game: A. Pantano leads off with home run in nine inning first game. Hawks up 6-0 in the fifth when J. Williams singles home two in five-run spree. Put up three spot in the eighth and two in the ninth when Williams connects for home run. N. Malachowski accounts for Eagles score with fifth inning home run. Pantano 2x5, 2r, 3bi, 2bh, hr; R. Frost 2x4, r, bi, bb; Williams 2x5, 2r, 4bi, hr; J. Francisco 2x4, r; N. DiPietro 2bi pace NP. Malachowski 2x4 for Ports. L. Christy WP (1-2, 7inn, 5h, 1r, 1er, 1bb, 3k). Giallanzo LP (1-3, 4.2inn, 7h, 6r, 6er, 3bb, 4k). NP 11-12-0, Bport 1-8-1.
      Second Game: M. Delio pitches six innings of two hit ball (2r, 2er, 1bb, 2k) and two relievers finish the job in the seven inning nightcap. Hawk D. Page homers to left for the game's first two runs in the second. Doubles in a run starting three-run fourth for 5-0 edge. Clinch it with five-run seventh when N. DiPietro double plates pair. Port's two runs come on its only two hits -- T. Kretzler one-out home run in the bottom of the fourth and A. Brooks' one-out homer to left-center in the sixth.  NP J. Williams 3x4, 2r, 2bi, 3bh, sb; Page 2x3, 3r, 3bi, 2bh, hr, bb; J. Francisco 2x4, r, 2bi. S. McCumiskey LP (5inn, 8h, 6r, 5er, 0bb, 6k). NP 11-13-1, Bport 2-2-3
      New Paltz 9-9, 2-3; Brockport 10-11, 5-5. Play single game Sunday at NP

Oswego beats Oneonta 10-3 and 6-1 in Saturday DH at Endwell's Maine-Endwell HS. Oneonta the host
         First Game: Lakers bolt to 2-0 lead on J. Barnes home run in the first of nine innings. RDragons use J. Zinko, P. McGee rbi hits for 2-2 tie in the second inning. Oswego takes lead for good in the top of third. R. Enos walk and B. Nicholson double ignite things. Barnes rbi single and E. Holton sac fly provide 4-2 edge. Z. Whelan doubles home fifth run in the fourth and Lakers add two in the fifth. Three-run eighth features J. Hoagland rbi triple. Nicholson 3x5, r, bi, 2bh; Barnes 3x4, 3bi, hr, bb; Hoagland 2x4, r, bi, 3bh; L. Olsson 1x3, r, 2bh, 2bb. R. Pettit WP (7inn, 8h, 3r, 2er, 2bb, 8k, 92pitches).  Dragons  D. Lamonica 2x4, r; McGee 2x3, bi, bb; D. Beatty 2x5, bi, 2bh. T. Bond LP (5inn, 7h, 7r, 4er, 4bb, 4k, 86pitches. Oswego 10-12-2, Oneonta 3-9-5
        Second Game: Two singles and walk load the bases with no outs for Oswego in the first inning, but T. Sitar escapes with K-K-Flyout. Lakers cash in twice in the next inning when B. Nicholson double to right delivers two runs. E. Holton two-bagger to left and L. Olsson infield single drive in fifth inning runs and Oswego scores twice in the sixth. D. Lamonica rbi double responsible for lone Oneonta run. Holton finishes 3x4, r, bi, 2bh; R. Enos 2x3, 2r, 2bh, bb, sb; Nicholson 2x4, 2bi, 2bh. Lamonica 2x3, bi, 2 2bh for Oneonta. R. Donnelly WP (7inn, 6h, 1r, 1er, 0bb, 6k, 90pitches). Sitar LP (4.2inn, 7h, 4r, 4er, 2bb, 6k, 96pitches). Oswego 6-11-0, Oneonta 1-6-1
       Oswego 15-5, 7-1; Oneonta 7-15, 3-7. Play single game Sunday in Endwell

Fredonia at Cortland for Saturday dh  ppd. with temps. 24 degrees at noon, snow in forecast.  Now due for Sunday dh when weather NOT expected much better. Single game Monday

Plattsburgh home DH Saturday vs. 3-8 Pine Manor MA weather casualty. Cardinals play Tuesday at 4-5 Clarkson, home Wednesday vs. 2-10 St. Lawrence

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Cortland at home trims Fredonia 6-1 in nine inning opener followed by 11-3 knockout for RDragons' 11th win in a row. First game in 16 minute snow delay in the final inning.
           First Game: Reliever K. Naugle induces groundball doubleplay to end it following delay. RDragons strike for three runs in the first inning. P. Schetter single delivers the first and M. Personius single to center drives in two. Corts with two runs in the fifth on C. BeVard and J. Teague rbi base hits. S. Salisbury WP (3.2inn, 1h, 4bb, 3k) in relief of starter C. Dufresne (3inn, 2h, 1r, 1er, 4bb, 5k). BeVard 2x3, r, bi, hbp; J. Tardif 1x2, 2r, bb, sb. L. Kuczewski LP (6inn, 7h, 6r, 5er, 1bb, 1k, 2hbp). Freds, playing for the first time since mid-March in Florida, strand 11. Cortland 6-7-1, Fredonia 1-3-2
      Second Game: Dragons score in five of the first six innings. Hold 2-0 first inning lead when D. Coleman single drives in one. Send nine to the plate in the second and four score with two outs. A. Pragana, J. Teague and P. Schetter with rbi singles. Lead grows to 8-0 before Fredonia scores twice in the fourth on D. Goodbread rbi single and K. Yirinec sac fly. Corts rap 12 hits. Pragana 2x2, 2r, bi, 2sb; J. Tardif 2x2, 2bi, 2bh; Teague 2x3, r, 3bi; Schetter 2x3, r, bi; F. Vesurio 3r, 2bb. M. Harrington WP (5-0, 5inn, 5h, 2r, 2er, 0bb, 2k, 1hbp, 70 pitches). B. Gauthier LP (2inn, 6h, 6r, 2er, 1bb, 2k, 58pitches). Cortland 11-12-1, Fredonia 3-8-2
      Cortland 19-6, 10-1; Fredonia 10-6, 1-4.  Play single game Monday. Cortland at 11-9 Ithaca Tuesday, home dh Saturday vs. 2-18 Elmira, home dh Sunday vs. 4-14 Canton

Oswego wins 11th straight with 13-2 lacing of Oneonta in series windup with single game at Endwell's Maine-Endwell HS. Oneonta commits 10 errors, three in the first inning when Lakers tally three times. K. Hylas rbi single the lone hit in the frame. Oswego with five hits in the second inning for four runs and 7-0 lead. J. Barnes, M. Kutscher, J. Hoagland crack run-scoring singles. Hylas 2x5, 2r, 2bi, bb; R. Enos 1x2, 2r, bi, 2bb, sb; B. Nicholson 2r, 2bb; Barnes 2x3, 2r, 2bi; Kutscher 3bi. B. Nolan WP (6inn, 2h, 0r, 2bb, 7k, 85pitches). N. Ponesse LP (2.1inn, 7h, 8r, 5er, 4bb, 1k, 77pitches). J. McCarty pitches next six innings. Oswego 13-10-2, Oneonta 2-5-10
        Oswego 16-5, 8-1; Oneonta 7-16, 3-8. Oswego Tuesday home vs. 14-7 Fisher, home Wednesday vs. 6-8 Rochester, home Fri/Sat vs. Brockport. Oneonta home Tuesday vs. 8-13 Mount St. Vincent, Fri/Sat at Fredonia

Brockport on Sunday salvages final game of series at New Paltz with 5-2 win. Port swept by wide margins in Saturday DH. Builds 3-0 lead in the second inning. A. Brooks with two-rbi single to right. N. DiPietro single brings Hawks within 3-1. Brockport posts two runs in the sixth. New Paltz strands 15 runners and outhits Port 10-7. Eagles get two hits each from N. Malachowski (2r) and Pastore (bi while L. O'Leary 1x2, 2r, bb. NP paced by J. Williams 3x4, r, bb; C. Moran 3x5.. A. Brown WP (3-1, 3inn, 6h, 1r, 1er, 2bb, 4k). Port employs five hurlers. A. Amoroso LP (2-1, 5inn, 4h, 3r, 3er, 2bb, 3k, 3hbp). Bport 5-7-1, New Paltz 2-10-1
      Brockport 11-11, 6-5; New Paltz 9-10, 2-4. Brockport Tuesday at Rochester, Wednesday at Fisher, at Oswego Fri/Sat. New Paltz Tuesday home vs. ranked 17-4 Rowan NJ, home Fri/Sat vs. Plattsburgh

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Cortland zeros in on Fredonia with 7-0 home win Monday to complete series sweep and give RDragons 12 straight Ws and 20th of the season for the 29th straight year.  Each side with 10 hits. Corts break through for two runs in the fourth inning. F. Vesuvio sac fly drives in first score, M. Michalski single to center the second. Four runs come in the seventh. M. Personius and Vesuvio with sac flies. G. Heaton drives in final run in the eighth with single. Michalski 3x4, bi; Heaton 2x2, bi. Blue Devils JT Angora and K. Yirinec with two hits each. I. Hudson WP (2-0, 4inn, 2h, 5k, 54pitches) in relief of starter J. Casey (4inn, 6h, 2bb, 2k, 52pitches).  P. Gardon LP (1-2, 5inn, 3h, 2r, 1er, 2bb, 6k, 1hbp). Cortland 7-10-1, Fredonia 0-10-1.
      Cortland 20-6, 11-1 and at 11-9 Ithaca on Tuesday. Fredonia 10-7, 1-5 and at 8-13 Allegheny Wednesday, home vs. Oneonta Fri/Sat

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Cortland topples Ithaca 10-4 atop South Hill  in contest started in flurries, sun and temps in high 30s. J. Teague knocks in six runs -- twice clearing packed bases with doubles. Second inning blow provides 5-0 lead and eighth inning poke  comes during four-run raid. Cortland tallies twice in the first inning on a passed ball and M. Personius rbi single. Bombers close to 5-2 at the end of four frames. D. Coleman double to left-center with two outs drives in sixth score. Teague 3x5, 2r, 6bi, 2 2bh; G. Heaton 2x4, 2r, sac. CSt uses four pitchers, none longer than F. Vesuvio's final three innings. A. Barnes starts (2.2inn, 4h, 1r, 1er, 1bb, 2k).  IC's A. Bailey, G. Snyder, A. Gallagher divide six hits equally. T. Hill LP (2inn, 4h, 5r, 0er, 3bb, 0k, 61pitches). R. Buffis with five effective innings (3h, 1r, 1er, 1bb, 3k, 69pitches). Corts with four earned runs. Cortland 10-9-0, Ithaca 4-7-4
        Cortland 21-6 and home Saturday dh vs. Elmira, home Sunday dh vs. Canton. Ithaca 11-10

Oswego nipped 3-2 at home by St. John Fisher in 11 innings when Lakers' seventh error allows Cardinal leadoff batter to reach. Takes second on wild pitch and J. Graham with rbi single on 2-1 pitch. D. Wilkinson comes on and retires hosts in order.  Fisher with 1-0 lead in the fourth on Simmons' sac fly following T. Pasquale, A. Murphy singles. Oswego responds with two fourth inning runs on M. Dellicarri leadoff home run to right-center and M. Kutscher one-out rbi single to left. Lakers leave bases loaded in the fifth, Fisher leaves them loaded in the sixth against reliever B. Zywicki. Fisher makes it 2-2 in the eighth. Pasquale with one-out infield single preceding two costly infield errors. Both sides threaten in the 10th. OSt reliever M. Bowan strands Cards at second and third. Fisher reliever J. Delany fans two with Laker on third. SJF leaves 12 aboard, Oswego nine. SJF's Murphy 3x5; Pasquale 2x5, r; Graham 2x6, bi. Laker Dellicarri 3x5, r, bi, hr, sb. R. Loomis starts for Oswego (5inn, 2h, 1r, 1er, 0bb, 2k, 68pitches). Zywicki throws four-hit four innings. T. Geissel (3.1inn, 4h, 2r, 2er, 2bb, 2k, 58pitches) and P. Galer (3.2inn, 2bb, 3k, 53pitches) work early for Cards. SJF 3-9-2, Oswego 2-5-7
        Oswego 16-6 and 11 game win streak ends. Fisher 15-7

New Paltz nosed out 5-4 by D3baseball 7th ranked Rowan NJ at NP. Guest Profs ahead 4-0 in the top of the third but Hawks cut deficit in half in their third. A. Pantano double to left-center delivers one and J. Williams groundout the second. B. Brenton flyout in the fourth brings home third NP run. Rowan hikes lead to 5-3 in the seventh. Brenton singles home Hawk run in the ninth. Brenton 2x4; N. DiPietro 2x3, 2r, bb. C. Donachie LP (1-4, 3.1inn, 3h, 4r, 4er, 4bb, 1k). B. LoRusso, J. Stybel finish. V. Lebron WP (1-0) in relief. Rowan 5-10-2, New Paltz 4-6-1
       New Paltz 9-11 and home Fri/Sat vs. Plattsburgh. Rowan 19-4

Plattsburgh drops 3-2 issue to Clarkson in 10 innings at Potsdam. V. Granuzzo second sac fly in three innings the difference. Clarkson takes advantage of passed ball for 1-0 lead in the fifth. Cardinals pull even in the sixth. N. Clark draws two-out walk, steals second and scores when J. Deland doubles to left. Go ahead in the top of the eighth on P. Bryant leadoff single, steal of second and N. Clark misplayed grounder to short. Clark later in the inning thrown out attempting steal of home. Granuzzo sac fly to left in the bottom of the eighth ties it 2-2. Winning fly to right in the 11th comes with one out and J. Judson on third as a result of single to center, passed ball and steal of third. Deland 2x5, bi, 2bh. P. Weeks draw Pburgh start (7inn, 4h, 1r, 1er, 2bb, 3k). M. Fox and J. Stein up next. N. Burns WP with one-hit three innings. Clarkson 3-7-1, Plattsburgh 2-6-0
      Plattsburgh 6-14, home Wednesday vs. 2-10 St. Lawrence, at New Paltz Fri/Sat. Clarkson 5-9

Brockport shades Rochester 8-6 with four-run top of the ninth. Opens the inning with hit batter, error, bunt single setting up L. O'Leary's triple to left. Trots home on A. Eaton sac fly. T. McCarthy WP (1-0, 3.2inn, 2h, 1bb, 6) retires the Yellowjacks on two strikeouts and groundout in the bottom of the ninth. Eaton home run in the sixth gives Bport 3-2 edge that vanishes on the strength of four UR runs in the bottom of the inning. Eagles within 6-4 in the eighth. O. Gabbey LP over final 1.2 innings. Eaton 3x3, 2r, 2bi; A. Brooks 3x4, bi; O'Leary 2x5, r, 3bi. UR's S. Pickering 4x5, 2r; A. Finch 3x5, r, 3bi. Brockport 8-13-1, Rochester 6-11-3
    Brockport 12-11 and Wednesday at St. John Fisher, Fri/Sat at Oswego. Rochester 6-9
       
Oneonta home date vs. 8-13 Mount St. Vincent cancelled

Cortland keeps 10th slot in D3baseball weekly poll. Oswego rises from 23 to 19th

D3baseball Team of the Week includes Oswego so catcher L. Olsson (4x8, 5r, 2bi, 5bb) and New Paltz sr third baseman J. Williams (8x13, 3bh, hr, 6bi, 5r)

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Oswego claws back for 11-7 dismissing of Rochester in Laker-land where home team's seven-run eighth inning prevents the upset. Oswego finds itself in 7-2 hole after five innings and 7-4 after seven. Turnaround starts innocently -- K. Hylas walk precedes strikeout. Inning doesn't end till Hylas hits into doubleplay. Six hits starting with pinch-hitting M. Kutscher single sink the Jackets. B. Nicholson greets pitching change with 3-2 count two-rbi double to left for 7-7 tie. M. Delllicarri single puts Oswego ahead. J. Barnes, E. Holton (2bh), M. DeBlasio rbi hits ensue. Laker pitchers (seven in all) have tough time harnessing UR's D. Bankovich whose two-run homer in the fourth ties it 2-2 and three-run homer climaxes five-run, two-hit, three hit batters fifth for 7-2 UR lead. Bankovich 3x5, 2r, 5bi, 2hr. OSt's Nicholson 4x5, 2r, 2bi, 2 2bh, 2sb; Dellicarri 2h, 3bi; DeBlasio 2h, Hylas 2h. Laker N. Demarco starting pitcher and tosses 3.2 innings. R. Donnelly notches final three outs. T. McConway, fourth and final UR moundsman, has .2inn, 5h, 4r, 4er, 0bb, 0k line. Oswego 11-15-4, Rochester 7-8-5
     Oswego 17-6 and Fri/Sat home vs. Brockport. Rochester 6-10

Brockport trails St. John Fisher 5-0 through the first inning, comes back to tie 6-6 but can't stem Cardinals late attack and falls 10-6 in Pittsfield. Port's N. Malachowski unloads three-run home run in the top of the sixth to deadlock the score. Fisher responds with go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth (A. Mantova rbi single to center), one run in the seventh and two in the eighth (S. Eisenmenger two-run homer to left). Star Card Eisenmenger (3x4, 2r, 5bi, 2bh, 3bh, hr, ibb) an Eagle thorn for sure. Doubles home the first two runs and triples home a run in the fifth. Mate Mantova 3x4, 2r, bi, sb. Bport's D. DeBlasiis 2x4, r, bi, 3bh; J. LaRosa 2x4, 2bi, 2bh. Six Eagles pitch, No. 5 C. Cramer LP over two innings. Reliever M. Toohey WP. Fisher 10-13-0, Bport 6-9-1
         Brockport 12-12 and Fri/Sat at Oswego. Fisher 16-7

Plattsburgh six-run first inning splurge propels Cardinals to 11-4 triumph over visiting St. Lawrence. Six-hit Burgh liftoff includes five in a row and rbi blows from P. Bryant (2bh), S. Bryant, A. Maag, E. Matz. Never challenged during 14 hit attack featuring J. Craft 4x4, 2r, 2bh, bb, sb and pinch-hitting K. Kowalski two-out solo home run to center in the seventh. N. Clark 2x4, r. Seven Card pitchers check Larries to four hits. Starter P. Bryant  with two innings of one-hit ball. Plattsburgh 11-14-0, St. Lawrence 4-4-2
       Plattsburgh 7-14 and Fri/Sat at New Paltz. St. Lawrence 2-15

Cortland and Oswego gain in weekly coaches Top 30 poll (American Baseball Coaches Assn). RDragons climb from 15th to 10th with 295 voting points. Lakers up from 20th to 14th with 230 points
       New York U. with 17 points, Union with 2 among mentions

      ABCA leaders: 1. Trinity TX (23-2); 2. Concordia-Chi (14-4); 3. Rowan NJ (17-4); 4. Wisc-Whitewater (14-2); 5. Chris Newport VA (25-4); 6. Randolph-Macon VA (20-3-1); 7. Wooster OH (15-3); 8. UMass-Boston (17-5); 9. Case Western Reserve OH (20-3); 10. Cortland

Not to be overlooked .........Cortland 19th year pilot Joe Brown collects 700th victory with Tuesday downing of Ithaca. Brown 700-179-3 in Red & White livery

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Brockport surprises Oswego 4-1 in seven inning second game of doubleheader in Oswego where Lakers throttle Port 14-4 in opening nine inning fray.
       Second Game: Brockport's S. McCumiskey outduels R. Donnelly with four-hitter. McCumiskey (4-3, 1r, 1er, 1bb, 4k, 94pitches). Retires 13 straight Lakers heading into final inning. Port takes 2-0 lead in the second. N. Malachowski with one-out single followed by two infield errors loading the bases. J. Valentino -- entering with .200 avg, strokes two-rbi single to right. Valentino leads off the fifth with triple. Donnelly poised to escape with strikeout and flyout but T. Kretzler hits 0-1 pitch for home run to right-center -- his third hr of the season and team-leading 24 rbi. Oswego with life in the seventh. B. Nicholson leadoff walk. Next two batters retired. E. Holton single and M. Kutscher double account for Laker run. Flyout to left ends it. Valentino 2x3, r, 2bi, 3bh; Kretzler 2x4, 2bi, hr; N. Pastore 2x4. Kutscher 2h for Lakers. Donnelly LP (7inn, 7h, 4r, 3er, 0bb, 3k, 1hbp, 63pitches). Brockport 4-7-0, Oswego 1-4-2
         First Game: Four-run second inning begins feast. Error opens the gates and next four batters reach, with M. Kutscher and L. Olsson singles driving in tying and go-ahead runs. Kutscher with two-run homer to center in the third inning and singles in run in the fifth. Oswego posts six runs in the sixth (K. Hylas 3bi double). FRESHMAN J. LUPPENS WITH FIRST CAREER HIT IN THE EIGHTH -- SOLO HOME RUN TO LEFT  (was 0x5 on the season). Each side 10 hits. For Lakers, E. Holton 3x4, 3r, 2bi, 2 2bh, sb; Kutscher 3x3, 3r, 4bi, hr, hbp). Eagles L. O'Leary 3x4, 2r; A. Eaton 3x4 2bi. R. Pettit pitches first six for Lakers (8h, 2r, 2er, 0bb, 5k). M. Giallanzo LP (4inn, 6h, 7r, 4er, 3bb, 1k). Oswego 14-10-2, Brockport 4-10-3
      Oswego 9-2, 18-7; Brockport 7-6, 13-13. Single game Saturday moves to Endiott's Union-Endicott HS

New Paltz whips Plattsburgh 8-5 on the strength of C. Moran and B. Brenton rotund timber on Friday in New Paltz. Moran breaks 1-1 tie with three-run home run to left -- his second homer of the game. Brenton then drives in two runs in the seventh with a double and two more in the eighth hiking the score to 8-2. The Burgh stages major ninth inning uprising and Hawks needed R. Votypka out of the pen for final out via strikes to leave the bases jammed. Moran winds up 2x3, 3r, 4bi, 2hr; Brenton 2x3, 4bi, 2bh. Card P. Bryant 4x4, 2bi, bb; S. Bryant 2x5. L. Christy WP (2-2, 7inn, 5h, 2r, 2er, 5b, 7k). M. Fox LP (1-4, 6.1inn, 6h, 6r, 6er, 3bb, 2k). New Paltz 8-8-2, Plattsburgh 5-9-1
         New Paltz 3-4, 10-11; Plattsburgh 1-9, 7-15.  Vie in Saturday DH at NP

Fredonia rebounds from heart-wrenching Wednesday setback (see below) to deal Oneonta 5-3 loss Friday at Fredonia. Infield error and J. Angora triple produce two runs in the sixth inning to break 3-3 tie. Angora singles home the game's first run when Blue Devils jump to 3-0 first inning command. RDragons even it in the fourth on M. Mullins, J. Ceparano, S. Mcglynn rbi singles. Freds Angora 2x3, 2bi, 2bb; P. Sheehan 2x5, 2r. OSt's D. Beatty 4x5 in leadoff role; Ceparano 2x4, bi. L. Kuczewski WP (8inn, 9h, 3r, 3er, 4bb, 4k, 2hbp). R. Ottavianno LP in relief of N. Ponesse (4.1inn, 8h, 3r, 3er, 3bb, 1k, 1hbp). Fredonia 5-10-0, Oneonta 3-9-3
         Fredonia 2-5, 11-8; Oneonta 3-9, 7-17. Play DH Saturday.
         Sunday rescheduled Oneonta at Brockport tilt to complete series ppd. Split first two games in March

Cortland hosting 3-18 Elmira in Saturday DH, and 4-15 in Sunday DH

Poor weather remains CNY factor

Fredonia on Wednesday drops tough extra-inning 9-8 game to Allegheny PA in Meadville PA. Blue Devils take 7-4 lead into bottom of the ninth where T. Cannon unloads one-out tying three-run home run down the leftfield line. Throwing error allows Fred 8-7 lead in the top of the 11th. Allegheny fills the bases in the home half. Relief pitcher P. Sheehan notches two strikeouts but hit batter and walk chalk up deciding two runs. Fred use six pitchers, Allegheny seven. D. Goodbread 2x5; N. Fiore 1x4, 3bi for Freds. Allegheny 9-14-6, Fredonia 8-9-1
        Fredonia 10-8, Allegheny 9-11

Standings: Cortland 11-1 (21-6), Oswego 9-2 (18-7), Brockport 7-6 (13-13), New Paltz 3-4 (10-11), Oneonta 3-9 (7-17), Fredonia 2-5 (11-8), Plattsburgh 1-9 (7-15)

[jdex]

CORTLAND LEFTY CHRISTIAN DUFRESNE THROWS NO-HITTER in 8-1 nine inning win over Elmira at RDragons' Wallace Field in first game of DH. Is college's third nine-innng no-hitter, the first since Matt Tone's 2008 effort at Oswego. Corts sweep in 17-0 second game fashion for 15th consecutive win.
      First Game: The senior Floridian Dufresne in his first Cortland season walks one, strikes out 10 including final batter. Throws 118 pitches, faces 30 batters. Two of Cortland four errors and wild pitch account for lone Elmira unearned run in the sixth inning. RDragons score in five of eight innings. P. Schetter and M. Personius with rbi singles in the first inning. J. Teague base hit makes it 3-0 in the second. Teague homers to right to conclude scoring in the eighth. Teague 3x5, 2r, 2bi, hr; Personius 3x5, r, bi, 2bh; D. Schweitzer 3x5, 2r, 2bh; G. Heaton 2x3, r, bi, bb, sac. CSt leaves 12 on base. C. Bawiec LP (1-4, 5inn, 12h, 5r, 4er, 1bb, 2k). Elmira coming off 16-hit Friday 11-5 win over Hilbert. Cortland 8-15-4, Elmira 1-0-3
       Second Game: Dragons score in six of eight innings, bolting to 4-0 gap in the second. Catcher J. Massa completes those runs with home run, his first of two in the contest. M. Harringtonn WP (6inn, 4h, 0bb, 5k). Eleven C-landers with at least one hit, 11 scoring at least once. Massa 2x4, 2r, 4bi, 2hr; M. Personius 2x2, 2r; B. Kozak 2x3, r, 2bh; F. Vesuvio 2x2, r, 3bi, 2bh, hr; J. Tardif 1x1, 2r, 2bi, 2bh, bb; J. Warner 1x2, 3r, bb, hbp; W. Myers 2bi.  Z. Williamson LP. Cortland 17-15-0, Elmira 0-4-4
       Cortland 23-6 and home for Sunday DH vs. Canton, home Tuesday vs. Rochester, Fri/Sat at New Paltz
       Elmira 4-20

Brockport rolls past Oswego 11-6 at Union-Endicott HS in Endicott for Eagles' second straight winning decision at Lakers expense. Port stakes out 2-0 first inning lead quickly as leadoff Eagle N. Pastore singles and scores on T. Kretzler double. Grows to 5-0 in the second when L. Miceli slugs two-run homer to left. With three-run top of the seventh it's 9-0. Oswego breaks through in its seventh. L. Olsson has rbi single and R. Enos two-run home run. Brockport's Kretzler with two-out homer in the ninth, his second clout in as many days. Lakers don't go quietly when two-out error prolongs the inevitable. Walk and three singles occur before reliever T. McCarthy gets final out grounder. A. Brown WP (6.1inn, 5h, 3r, 3er, 2bb, 1k, 84pitches). Pastore sparks Port batters with 3x6, 2r, bi; Kretzler 2x5, 3r, 3bi, 2bh, hr; A. Hall 2x5, r; Miceli 2x3, 2r, 2bi, hr, 2bb; L. LaRosa 2x4, 2r, hbp. B. Nolan LP (1.1inn, 6h, 5r, 4er, 0bb, 0k, 34pitches). Three relievers follow. J. Barnes 2x5, bi for OSt; E. Holton 1x2, bi, 2bb, hbp. Brockport 11-14-1, Oswego 6-8-3
         Oswego 9-3, 18-8 and home Tuesday vs. 4-20 Elmira, Wednesday at Clarkson, Fri/Sat at Plattsburgh
         Brockport 8-6, 14-13 and Sunday home vs. Oneonta ppd, Wednesday at RIT, Fri/Sat home vs. Fredonia

Oneonta handsome 12-3 and 10-2 wins over Fredonia 12-3 in Saturday twinbill in Fredonia.
     First Game: Just 4-0 through four innings. Oneonta bats 11 in the fifth, scores eight on five hits. D. Lamonica ignites with double and finishes with two-run home run to right. M. Graves (single), J. Ceparano (double) each drive in two during the uprising. Ceparano 3x3, 3r, 2bi, bb, 2sb; Lamonica 2x5, 2r, 2bi. T. Sitar WP (2-4, 5inn, 2h, 2r, 2er, 3bb, 5k, 1hbp). B. Gauthier LP (0-2, 4.1inn, 5h, 7r, 2er, 2bb, 7k, 1hbp). Oneonta 12-10-1, Fredonia 3-3-2
     Second Game: RDragons erupt for three runs in the third on one hit -- B. Laventure two-rbi single to left-center. Laventure doubles to right for two tallies during five-run raid in the third inning. His big bat goes 3x5, 3bi, 2bh. M. Graves 2x3, 2r, 2bb; J. Ceparano 1x2, 2r, 3bh, 3bb. T. Bond WP (7inn, 3h, 0r, 3bb, 4k, 2hbp). N. Ciraolo LP (3inn, 2h, 5r, 0er, 5bb, 4k). Dragons benefit from 10 walks. Oneonta 10-10-2, Fredonia 2-3-4
     Oneonta 5-9, 9-17 and Sunday at Bport ppd., Tuesday home vs. Utica, Thursday at Ithaca, Saturday dh at Stevens NJ
      Fredonia 2-7, 11-10 and playing New Paltz in Tuesday makeup DH at Syracuse Onondaga CC; scheduled game at Alfred St. cancelled

New Paltz twice takes out visiting Plattsburgh, 4-2 in seven inning first game and 17-10 nine inning second game.
           First Game: Host Hawks' B. Brenton, who knocked home final four NP runs Friday in NP victory, doubles home two more in the second inning for 3-1 lead. Burgh within 3-2 in the top of the fifth. A. Pantana homers for NP in the bottom of the fifth to complete run-making. J. Williams with solo home run in the first to offset Card P. Bryant rbi single in the top of the first. Williams 2x3, r, bi, 2bh, hr; Pantana 2x3, r, bi, hr. M. Delio WP (2-1, 6.1inn, 4h, 2r, 1er, 1bb, 5k). R. Votypka in relief registers final two outs. P. Bryant LP (1-5, 5inn, 6h, 4r, 4er, 1bb, 3k). New Paltz 4-6-1, Plattsburgh 2-4-1
        Second Game: Wild affair in which New Paltz scores six in the first capped by C. Moran two-run homer to center and mounts 10-1 lead through two innings. Plattsburgh with six-run top of the seventh cuts margin to 11-9 in rally seeing J. Deland and P. Bryant with rbi singles. Hawks J. Williams and R. Oreste have run-scoring doubles three-run bottom of the seventh. NP adds three runs in the eighth and finishes with 20 hits. A. Pantano 3x6, 3r, bi, 2bh; Williams 3x6, 3r, 3bi, 2 2bh; Z. Warenius 2x3, 2r, 2bi, hr; Moran 2x3, 2r, 2bi, hr, 2bb; D. Campbell 2x5, 2r, bi, 2bh, hbp; B. Brenton 2x4, r, 2bi, 2bh. NP with seven pitchers. Starter A. Amoroso WP. Burgh's P. Bryant 4x6, r, 4bi, hbp; S. Bryant, Deland, S. Ycaza two hits each. R. Whalen LP. New Paltz 17-20-4, Plattsburgh 10-12-3
        New Paltz 5-4, 12-11 and vs. Fredonia for Tuesday makeup dh at Syracuse Onondaga CC, Wednesday at Union, Fri/Sat home vs. Cortland
       Plattsburgh 1-11, 7-17 and Tuesday home vs. Union, Wednesday home vs. Norwich VT, Fri/Sat home vs. Oswego

[jdex]

Cortland and Empire 8's 5-18 Canton underway at noon in first game of DH at RDragons' Wallace Field. Temps in low 30s ....breezy .....

[Jim Dixon]

With the quality of pitching in the SUNYAC, I might expect a no-hitter to happen more often but so much can happen to derail an effort, it is worth celebrating each one.

[jdex]

And so be it!!

CORTLAND LEFTY JAKE CASEY NO-HITS CANTON in 21-0 contest on Sunday in nine inning first game of DH at Wallace Field. RDragons blank Canton 7-0 in seven inning concluding game.
      First Game: Casey (5-1) with four walks, 14 strikeouts and one hit batter in 124 pitches to record team's second no-hitter in as many days. Faced just 29 batters. Picked off three runners. Casey and Canton frosh righty C. Trathen in scoreless opening two innings. Rather inauspicious start to Cortland third -- first two batters retired. Then P. Schetter homers to right followed by M. Personius homer to the same field for 2-0 lead. Corts score nine in the inning and bat 12 with J. Teague closing the spree with two-run homer to right. Inning counts six hits.  Dragons put across four runs in the fourth and seven in the sixth. Fifteen different Cortlanders score, 10 hit safely in 15 hit attack and nine drive in runs. M. Michalski 3x3, 2r, 4bi, 3bh; J. Tardif 3x3, 2r, 2bi, 2bh, bb; Schetter 2x3, r, 2bh, hr. Corts leave 12 on base. Eleven runs earned. Trathen LP in 2.2 innings, 80 pitches. A. Tur throws 120 pitches in final five innings. Cortland 21-15-0, Canton 0-0-8
      Second Game: Freshman I. Hudson (3-0) gets the pitching win (5inn, 5h, 2bb, 4k, 69pitches). Roos' T. Schindler hits Hudson's second pitch of the game for single -- his side's first hit of the day. Cortland scores in four innings, twice in the first when P. Schetter with rbi single. A. Pragana single makes it 3-0 in the second. Three-run fifth wrapped up by M. Michalski rbi bingle for seventh run. Michalski 2x3, r, bi, 3bh; A. Pragana 2x2r, bi, sb. J. Dwy 2x3 for Canton. Purerto Rican fr L. Torres-Rivera LP (6inn, 8h, 7r, 3er, 1bb, 2k, 92pitches). Five errors give Canton 13 for the day. Cortland 7-8-1, Canton 0-5-5
        Cortland 25-6 with 17 straight wins and home Tuesday vs. Rochester. Canton 5-18
       

[Jim Dixon]

With the quality of pitching in the SUNYAC, I might expect a no-hitter to happen more often but so much can happen to derail an effort, it is worth celebrating each one.

called it.